Douluo: Glory of the Unrivaled Angel

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Amidst the roaring white torrents of the avalanche, two massive figures led their respective clans, braving wind and snow as they charged toward the flickering jade-green light.

"I see the Ice Devil Titan King and the Ice Bear King. They're going to assist the Ice Empress."

Trying to steal a chicken only to lose the rice used to lure it. Ling Bai couldn't tell whether Skydream was being persistent or just plain stupid. It couldn't control the Ice Empress without its shredded skin, yet it still refused to give up on her.

Ling Bai could roughly guess the course of events. Skydream had been infatuated with the Ice Empress for hundreds of thousands of years and had taken it upon itself to risk bringing Huo Yuhao to persuade her. As a result, the persuasion failed, and in her fury, the Ice Empress commanded the Ice Jade Scorpion clan to swarm out and hunt them down. The spirit beasts of the Extreme North shared a deep bond, so the Ice Devil Titan King and the Ice Bear King led a large group of underlings to support her. The core region of the Extreme North directly set off a beast tide!

"Do you know those two guys? What are they seeking Bing'er for?" the Snow Empress asked coldly. Had she not already fused with Ling Bai, she would have rolled up her sleeves to personally teach a lesson to those who dared harbor ill intentions toward the Ice Empress.

"I'm barely acquainted with them. Their ideas are similar to mine; they hope to create a God using the Ice Empress's power."

"Creating a God again..." The Snow Empress was astonished. Were there so many humans daring enough to covet the position of a God these days?

"Is that feasible?"

"Well..." Ling Bai squinted as he watched the three Great Beasts converge and fiercely pursue in one direction.

"It might have been feasible before, but now it seems rather far-fetched."

The situation was evident. Huo Yuhao and Skydream were like stray dogs at this moment. Whether they could escape alive from the beast tide in the Extreme North was still uncertain, let alone create a God.

"Can they threaten Bing'er and the Extreme North?" the Snow Empress asked cautiously.

"Impossible," Ling Bai replied decisively.

"Mm... That's good then. The core region of the Extreme North is in chaos, but once Bing'er's anger subsides, she'll sort out the aftermath. Let's leave the Extreme North."

After saying that, she returned to Ling Bai's Spiritual Sea. As long as the Ice Empress and the Extreme North were unharmed, she would no longer concern herself.

Ling Bai activated the Thousand Illusion Charming Appearance to disguise himself and avoid unnecessary trouble. The Death Abyss Bone Dragon soared into the sky, and with a flap of its bone wings, both man and dragon flew toward the edge of the Extreme North.

Meanwhile, in the core region of the Extreme North...

Skydream released the origin spirit power from its ten golden patterns, dragging Huo Yuhao as they frantically fled through the wind and snow. Behind them, the roars of the three Great Beasts shook the land, and the beast tide of the Extreme North stirred up waves of icy storms.

"Bing Bing, how could you be so heartless!"

Skydream turned its head, its face full of heartbreak and grievance. "Even when I was trapped in the Star Dou Forest, my thoughts were always with you. I didn't forget to include you in the matter of creating a God and attaining eternal life! My heart is sincere, so why are you hunting me down?!"

"'Bing Bing' my ass!"

The Ice Empress roared. Her true form was the Ice Jade Scorpion Empress. Her body was covered in hexagonal, diamond-like ice crystals, and her five jade-green scorpion tails were lush and vibrant. The Ice Jade Scorpion was known as the most beautiful scorpion-type spirit beast on the Douluo Continent, and the Ice Empress was the epitome of that beauty.

"Skydream, you have the nerve to yap!

Do you think this old lady has lived for over 300,000 years in vain? If you're going to make a God, shouldn't you find a human genius? Look at what trash you've found. His talent isn't even as good as the weakest little scorpion in the Ice Jade Scorpion clan! What a load of crap for a God!"

The Ice Empress's fury soared to the heavens. She unleashed an Ice Empress's Wrath toward Skydream Iceworm, and the domineering aura of Ultimate Ice surged out. The Ice Devil Titan King and the Ice Bear King beside her shuddered and decisively kept a safe distance from this irate female scorpion.

Skydream transformed into a silkworm baby, perched on Huo Yuhao's head, and used its spiritual power to manipulate him into a big leap followed by a forward roll to dodge the Ice Empress's Wrath. It kept explaining:

"Xiao Yuhao's talent may indeed be ordinary, but I bestowed upon him a soulless ice-attribute Martial Spirit. After merging with your spirit ring and spirit bone, he will become the only person in the human world with Twin Martial Spirits and an Ultimate Martial Spirit. His talent will soar to become the best of this era!

If you and I work together, Xiao Yuhao becoming a God is not just empty talk. In the future, we'll follow him to ascend to the Divine Realm and obtain eternal life!

I love you, Bing Bing! I would never deceive you!"

"I'd sooner trust a stray dog than you!

Instead of this illusory talk of creating a God, it's more practical for the Snow Empress and me to eat you to break through our tribulations! If you love me, then stop and let me have my way!"

Every word Skydream uttered precisely stepped on her sore spots, adding fuel to the fire and making her anger burn even fiercer. As a result, she couldn't even listen to half a sentence. All she could think about was consuming Skydream to pass through her 400,000-year Heavenly Tribulation.

"It's over, Bing Bing has exploded. There goes the second Martial Spirit of the Ice Jade Scorpion Empress." Skydream was on the verge of tears.

"Brother Skydream, forget about the second Martial Spirit for now. Let's figure out how to survive first!"

Huo Yuhao was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, drenched in the bitter cold of the Extreme North. One could imagine his state of mind.

"Brother Skydream, can you be a bit more reliable!!!"

"Don't worry, don't worry. Your Brother Skydream is steady as a rock."

Skydream gestured for Huo Yuhao to calm down, lowered its voice, and said, "I have an ultimate trump card that I can only use once in my life. By consuming a large amount of spiritual power, we can instantly teleport and easily shake off Bing Bing and those idiots!"

"Really?!"

Huo Yuhao's face immediately changed from cloudy to sunny. He urged, "The Ice Empress is about to catch up. Hurry, hurry, hurry, Brother Skydream!"

"Leave it to me!"

The silkworm baby grew rapidly with the wind and transformed into a spiritual body as large as its true form in the blink of an eye. Ten golden patterns left Skydream one after another, stacking together to construct a large golden circular gate!

Huo Yuhao's eyes lit up. He leaped into the golden gate with the sprinting posture he had honed over a year of running training at Shrek Academy.

"Bing Bing, we will meet again. I will definitely bring you joy and happiness!"

Skydream made a heartfelt declaration and dove into the gate to escape before the Ice Empress's Wrath descended.

"Brother Skydream, where are we teleporting to?"

Huo Yuhao looked around at the bizarre and chaotic void during the space traversal, rubbing his hands nervously as he asked Skydream perched on his head.

"Who knows? Anywhere is safer than being with the Ice Empress. We're here!"

The next second, a golden gate suddenly appeared five meters in front of Ling Bai and the Death Abyss Bone Dragon, and out tumbled Huo Yuhao and Skydream.

Ling Bai: ???

Huo Yuhao and Skydream: !!!

The two humans and two beasts stared at each other, and the scene became extremely awkward for a moment.

Huo Yuhao was the first to break the silence. Pointing at Ling Bai, who wore a faint smile, and the Death Abyss Bone Dragon exuding overwhelming death aura, he said with a wry smile:

"Brother Skydream, are we... safe now?"

Skydream wiped away its tears, "Out of the wolf's den and into the tiger's lair. Oh, what a miserable fate we have!"

Ling Bai thought to himself: 'These two are really something else, delivering themselves right to my face.' He patted the head of the Death Abyss Bone Dragon, and the massive creature's shadow that blocked out the sky instantly loomed over the tiny pair.

"D-Dragon Brother! Please calm down, let's talk this through!" Skydream shouted desperately.

"Dragon Brother? You're calling me that?" Ling Bai asked with amusement.

"Well, since your Martial Spirit is a bone dragon..." The silkworm's baby face contorted in a flattering grin.

"And what if my Martial Spirit were a chicken instead?"

"Then you'd definitely be Chicken Brother!"

Ling Bai clicked his tongue at the bootlicking flattery, "It was you two who triggered the beast tide in the Extreme North, wasn't it?"

"Just a moment's carelessness, it was all an accident. Dragon Brother, please forgive us..." Skydream pleaded with an ingratiating smile.

"It was them?"

The Snow Empress suddenly sat up as if rising from her deathbed and said, "Help me kill them so they won't harbor ill intentions toward Bing'er and the Extreme North in the future."

Ling Bai nodded slightly upon hearing her request. The Death Abyss Bone Dragon opened its bloody maw, and deep in its throat, dragon flames flickered faintly.

Skydream's pupils shrank dramatically. It returned to its true size in an instant, and ten golden patterns flashed in succession as it shrieked, "I am the 1,000,000-year spiritual-type spirit beast, Skydream Iceworm! Dragon Brother, we have no past grievances or recent enmities. If you insist on forcing us into a life-and-death situation, I'll detonate my million years of spiritual power, and we'll all descend to the underworld together!"

The ten golden patterns erupted with powerful spiritual fluctuations. Although Skydream was a weakling, its million-year spiritual power was no joke. When pushed to the limit, it still possessed some of the courage of a spirit beast.

Storms churned in the depths of Ling Bai's eyes. Skydream's heart skipped a beat. It quickly softened its tone and said:

"Dragon Brother is a Titled Douluo of a generation. May I ask your title?"

Ling Bai could easily disguise himself as a Titled Douluo with the peak Class 8 Spirit Guidance Device Thousand Illusion Charming Appearance and his Rank 95 Death Abyss Bone Dragon.

"This one's Title is Death Abyss."

His alias was officially established.

Death Abyss Douluo Ning Bai, Martial Spirit: Death Abyss Bone Dragon!

The only flaw was that Xu Jiujiu had seen both the Death Abyss Spider Emperor and Ning Bai's face in the Luminous Mystic Forest before. But it wasn't a big problem. 'Ning Bai' was an Evil Spirit Master, and having some unusual secret techniques wasn't surprising. Moreover, the combat power of the Death Abyss Bone Dragon was genuinely at Rank 95; this fact was indisputable.

"Lord Death Abyss!"

Skydream swiftly changed its form of address. "We deeply regret having involved Lord Death Abyss. Please accept this small token of our sincerity."

With a flick of its tail, a ring of golden patterns gently landed in front of Ling Bai. It contained its 100,000-year-of-origin power, equivalent to a 100,000-year spirit ring.

If Skydream truly self-detonated, then the best end for Ling Bai would be to be reduced to an idiot by the destructive impact of his million-year spiritual power. So, after a moment's thought, he accepted Skydream's payment to spare their lives and commanded the Death Abyss Bone Dragon to depart.

Skydream watched as Ling Bai's figure shrank to a tiny dot and let out a long sigh, "Xiao Yuhao, we've walked through the gates of hell once again!"

Huo Yuhao nodded in deep agreement. Death Abyss Douluo had already developed killing intent toward them and only refrained from acting due to the threat of the million-year spiritual power self-destruction. If it weren't for Skydream offering its 100,000-year origin power, Death Abyss Douluo would never have let them off so easily.

"Death Abyss Douluo's identity isn't simple. That face is fake..."

Skydream lamented, "I originally wanted to peek at his true appearance but was blocked by the spiritual barrier of a 100,000-year fox. Forcibly breaking through the spiritual barrier would have alerted Death Abyss Douluo, and then we wouldn't have been able to leave at all. I had no choice but to give up."

Huo Yuhao cared less about Death Abyss Douluo's face and more about another matter. He anxiously said, "Brother Skydream, the Ice Empress rejected us. How should we resolve the issue of the second ice-attribute Martial Spirit? My spirit power is only at Rank 17, and Shrek Academy's rules state that those below Rank 20 are not qualified to participate in the advancement examination."

Skydream let out a long sigh. "It's all because Ling Bai took my shred skin that day. Otherwise, the Ice Empress wouldn't have been able to break free from the dual restraints of the spiritual prison and shred skin, and I could have slowly persuaded her.

Now that things have come to this, there's only one solution."

A sharp light seemed to flash in its eyes. "Yuhao, my previous plan was for the Ice Empress to become an Intelligent Spirit Ring and for you to absorb her 400,000-year spirit bone to push you to Rank 20. Now, I can only infuse you with three ranks of spirit power and accompany you to the Extreme North to slay an Ice Jade Scorpion of about 10,000 years.

This way, although the second Martial Spirit won't be the Ice Jade Scorpion Empress, it will at least be an Ice Jade Scorpion with Ultimate Ice..."

"Thank you, Brother Skydream!"

Huo Yuhao was moved to tears.

...

Two hours later, Ling Bai landed at the edge of the Extreme North and reverse-summoned the Death Abyss Bone Dragon back into the Spectral Demiplane.

"Snow Empress, we're about to leave. Would you like to take one last look at the Extreme North?"

"Mm."

The Snow Empress appeared, her sky-blue eyes gazing at the land she had guarded for hundreds of thousands of years. She was reluctant to part with the Extreme North, but she also understood that a temporary departure was for a peaceful future.

Ling Bai didn't want to disturb the Snow Empress's final farewell to the Extreme North. He silently flipped through the Storage Spirit Guidance Device of Vajra Douluo Xiong Mo. Xiong Mo's assets seemed rather meager compared to the pile of high-class Spirit Guidance Devices of the Class 9 Spirit Guidance Master Xu Cong. There were just a few gold cards amounting to about 20 million spirit gold coins and some worthless trinkets.

"Snow Empress."

Ling Bai suddenly paused for a moment, then called out to the Snow Empress.

"What is it?"

"Take a look at this."

Ling Bai handed Xiong Mo's Storage Spirit Guidance Device to the Snow Empress.

"Bastard!"

The Snow Empress flew into a rage the instant she saw the internal space of Xiong Mo's Storage Spirit Guidance Device. The surrounding temperature plummeted by dozens of degrees.

"10,000-year Ice Frost Unicorn, 10,000-year Predator Snow Leopard, 10,000-year Ice Bear, 1,000-year Vermilion Quiet Ice Toad, 1,000-year Calamitous Ice Devil... They are all subjects of the Extreme North! Humans are utterly shameless!"

The Snow Empress's AOE wrath had quite a wide range. Ling Bai was inexplicably caught in the crossfire. Helplessly, he said, "Xiong Mo probably captured these Extreme North spirit beasts to sell for money. I'll release them back home, but the 1,000-year Calamitous Ice Devil and the 1,000-year Snowfeather Sparrow can't be saved. The Vigorous Vajra Bear's sharp spirit power has penetrated their vital organs; their insides are like mush. You..."

Ling Bai's voice trailed off. The Snow Empress was the ruler of the Extreme North, so he left the decision in her hands, not wanting to take the fall himself.

"Please send them on their way, so they suffer less."

The Snow Empress closed her eyes. She asked Ling Bai to serve as her executioner this time, unable to bring herself to act against the subjects of the Extreme North. Killing two spirit beasts with her permission wouldn't be considered a violation of the Soul Contract.

"The Snowfeather Sparrow is no problem, but killing the Calamitous Ice Devil will bring misfortune!" Ling Bai protested stubbornly. Xu Cong, the last person who killed a Calamitous Ice Devil, had already turned into an ice sculpture.

"Do you believe in fate?" the Snow Empress retorted.

"Oh, I don't."

Whether he believed in fate or not, Ling Bai raised his hand, swung his blade, and ended the lives of the two spirit beasts.

Two 1,000-year spirit rings floated up. Ling Bai stared at the Calamitous Ice Devil's spirit ring for a long time, then softly said, "Snow Empress, I'd like to use the Calamitous Ice Devil's spirit ring."

"What are you planning?"

"The Calamitous Ice Devil is a mutated Ice Devil Titan with titan bloodline flowing in its body. The mutation grants it attributes of calamity and misfortune, making it extremely suitable for the Death Abyss Spider Emperor.

Encountering a second Calamitous Ice Devil in the Extreme North is my good fortune. Wasting such a top-quality spirit ring would be a crime. Moreover, I happen to have Skydream Iceworm's 100,000-year origin power..."